All This, and an Einstein Puppet, Too?

Eddie and I are at our beloved “real” house in Monteagle for the weekend, after a fanny-fatiguing but fascinating day attending the Common Corehearings at the State Capitol yesterday. (More about that in a future post.) Outside, the red-tipped forest is shrouded in misty fog (where angels are dancing according to Sewanee mountain lore). I have had my requisite peppermint schnapps-spiked hot chocolate; spent lazy, stress-free hours with my hubby NOT talking about public policy failures past and pending; and watched Gracie our demented lapdog dash deliriously after a cheeky squirrel.

Gracie

Now, catching up on email, I am introduced to A Capella Science and Bohemian Gravity, my new favorite YouTube video.

If this doesn’t make your belly shake with laughter, better check your pulse. Or, maybe I’m just nerdy this way. (Be sure to watch the full first six minutes, unless we are from different planets and you aren’t a Queen fan.)

and share the same quirky sense of humor that continually befuddles Eddie. (Eddie,

for example, just doesn’t think that joyful Corkscrew Man who lives in the kitchen drawer is never-endingly hilarious.)

Nelson recently taught his Latin II class relative pronouns through song and dance based on an old Fresh Prince of Bel Airversion of the Sugar Hill Gang‘s Apache (Jump On It). Here’s the original Sugar Hill Gang version:

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Wow. Our family used to own the old hotel at the back of the Monteagle Assembly area; probably torn down now; I still have the Edison phonograph and records from the dining room. A great place to beat the midsummer heat and ease up on the throttle of life.

Another great Fresh Prince video is Famous Carlton Dance (a compilation) featuring Alfonso Ribeiro (aka Carlton Banks); that man is a fabulous dancer!